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'Not ok': Backlash forces St. Louis pub to delete 'it'll be a riot' tweet; Updated: Apologies

A good rule of thumb: When the whole country is on edge fearing an explosion of racial violence, joking about it on social media probably isn’t going to be good for business.

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Right now someone is explaining that “it seemed like a good idea at the time.”

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https://twitter.com/The_DublinerSTL/status/537012950264184832

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Well they didn’t delete their account, but they did delete the tweet.

Update 7:19 pm November 24

https://twitter.com/Kjhobbs1985/status/537037432470769664

Perspective.